Hello to all! Jimbo here finally sending a solid update!
So, after a lot of waiting and trying to be paciente I just did it... signed on gmail and sent an email to my boss expressing how READY I was to really get going on things and this is what is going down:
Peace Corps has granted me another move. I will now be living 30 minutes from my community, instead of 3 hours away! So I will have amazing access to my site and to the local city where I get work done.
In terms of banking, I no longer have to wait for IDs to be replaced because we are going to place the Disaster Relief Fund in our communities associations bank account. This way, weeks of waiting and frustration are now over. Within a week I will be living close to my community, spending full days there working and have the money available to start working.
Not a better way for me to start this new year!
I hope all is well, THE SECOND that we start working, I promise more updates and photos!
Jimbo
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
My First Update
Hello to everyone back stateside! I am so sorry that it has been so long, if anything, my lack of contact is an example of how slow things have been here. A small update:
Many of you may know that I was graced with the presence of DaveSquared, that´s right, Dave Anderson and Dave Hannon made a trip out to El Salvador to visit and try to get some work done. Unfortunately, there was not a tone of work done. When I first contacted my boss I was told to take it easy for a few days and wait and see. Being that I had two buddies here with me, I took them around the country and we visited with some friends of mine. I was then passed down a series of work/living restrictions, which are necessary but difficult to work around. I have been placed in our local mayor´s office, literally his office, which is located about two hours from my community when there is transport. The problem with that is that there normally is not any transport at all forcing me to take a bus around the whole volcano to go up the back way. This can take up to 6 hours with all the waiting and leaves me only an hour to do actual work before I am forced to leave for the night.
I have meet with my bosses and sent in a proposal for a new community that is along the road heading towards the volcano so that I can wake up in the morning, get a full day’s work in and then head off the volcano for the night. My bosses have listened and I think everything will turn out well; the only problem is that it is Christmas and things are SLOW!
In terms of the fundraiser, I got back to my site and looked around for important banking information, unfortunately my IDs were lost. This is also adding slowness to everything. I am in the process of replacing local ID and a banking ID so that I can set up my Disaster Relief Account where I will be putting in the money that we collected while I was in Michigan.
I am a little frustrated because I would love things to happen at a faster pace, but this is the way it is, so I am trying to adapt. I will be SO EXCITED to have a house close to my work and the banking set up so we can organize and start reconstructing everything!
I promise that I will keep everything in the loop, as of now, it has been a lot of sitting and waiting and trying to coordinate housing and bus times. Within the next week, things should really pick up. As soon as they do, get ready for a lot more stories, pictures and proof of how the money you have donated is really making a difference!
Thank you to everyone and have a great Christmas!
love,
Jimbo
Many of you may know that I was graced with the presence of DaveSquared, that´s right, Dave Anderson and Dave Hannon made a trip out to El Salvador to visit and try to get some work done. Unfortunately, there was not a tone of work done. When I first contacted my boss I was told to take it easy for a few days and wait and see. Being that I had two buddies here with me, I took them around the country and we visited with some friends of mine. I was then passed down a series of work/living restrictions, which are necessary but difficult to work around. I have been placed in our local mayor´s office, literally his office, which is located about two hours from my community when there is transport. The problem with that is that there normally is not any transport at all forcing me to take a bus around the whole volcano to go up the back way. This can take up to 6 hours with all the waiting and leaves me only an hour to do actual work before I am forced to leave for the night.
I have meet with my bosses and sent in a proposal for a new community that is along the road heading towards the volcano so that I can wake up in the morning, get a full day’s work in and then head off the volcano for the night. My bosses have listened and I think everything will turn out well; the only problem is that it is Christmas and things are SLOW!
In terms of the fundraiser, I got back to my site and looked around for important banking information, unfortunately my IDs were lost. This is also adding slowness to everything. I am in the process of replacing local ID and a banking ID so that I can set up my Disaster Relief Account where I will be putting in the money that we collected while I was in Michigan.
I am a little frustrated because I would love things to happen at a faster pace, but this is the way it is, so I am trying to adapt. I will be SO EXCITED to have a house close to my work and the banking set up so we can organize and start reconstructing everything!
I promise that I will keep everything in the loop, as of now, it has been a lot of sitting and waiting and trying to coordinate housing and bus times. Within the next week, things should really pick up. As soon as they do, get ready for a lot more stories, pictures and proof of how the money you have donated is really making a difference!
Thank you to everyone and have a great Christmas!
love,
Jimbo
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